SA News

27 Feb 2018

Congratulations to PEN SA member Max du Preez, who will be awarded an honourary doctorate as part of Stellenbosch University’s centennial celebrations this March. Other honourees include Patrice Motsepe‚ Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, the founder of Gift of the Givers‚ Dr Imtiaz...

15 Feb 2018

PEN SA notes with concern the re-classification by the Film and Publication Board of the film Inxeba – The Wound from 16LS, to X18, which serves to essentially outlaw the distribution and showing of the film in most public places,...

07 Feb 2018

The first of February every year marks World Read Aloud Day, a day on which writers and members of the public read aloud to children. For this year’s #WRAD18, local literacy advocates Nal’ibali hoped that one million South African children...

05 Feb 2018

PEN SA is seriously concerned about the threats of violence levelled toward workers at cinemas showing the film Inxeba, calls by traditional leaders to ban the film, and successful attempts to stop the film being shown at cinemas this past weekend in the Eastern and Western Cape. PEN...

31 Jan 2018

PEN SA extends a warm welcome to Nick Mulgrew, who has joined the permanent staff at PEN South Africa as its new Head of Communications (originally the Newsletter Editor). He was asked about what drew him to work for PEN...

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PEN South Africa, founded in 1927, is one of more than 140 Centres of PEN International, which currently operate in over 100 countries. A worldwide, politically non-aligned organisation of writers, PEN International is dedicated to promoting freedom of expression, and encouraging the growth and strengthening of literature. Its foundational text is the PEN Charter, which all Centres and members of PEN must uphold.